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Brutus The Hippo, Rondevlei Giant, Dies at 47

Brutus The Hippo, Rondevlei Giant, Dies at 47

Brutus the hippo, Rondevlei Nature Reserve’s founding bull and a fixture of Cape Town’s urban wildlife, has died at 47. A postmortem points to natural, age-related causes, as the City weighs introducing a new male to the remaining hippo pod.
November 18, 2025